​Swine flu kills another Vietnamese

A woman from Vietnam’s Mekong Delta died from the H1N1 virus on Thursday, becoming another casualty of the infection in the country this year.

The 56-year-old woman, L.T.K.H., ran a high fever after returning to her home in Vinh Long Province from a trip in Da Lat City of Vietnam’s Central Highlands.

She was taken on July 5 to a local medical center before being transferred to an advanced infirmary – the Vinh Long General Hospital – where she was diagnosed with high blood pressure, pneumonia and pulmonary edema – a condition caused by excessive fluid in the lungs.

The patient was quarantined and died on the same day.

She tested positive for H1N1, according to the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City.

The woman is the fourth person in 2018 to die of swine flu in the Mekong Delta, where the disease has killed three others, according to domestic news media.

This year the virus has claimed the lives of three people in Ho Chi Minh City since its first reported outbreak in early June at Tu Du Hospital, a major obstetric institution here.

Many sewers along the streets in Ho Chi Minh City have their entrances blocked by garbage on a regular basis, negatively impacting urban esthetics and the environment while helping cause serious flooding.

Despite the sweltering weather in Hanoi these days, many young people still flock to lotus ponds surrounding the capital city’s iconic Ho Tay (West Lake) to pose for Instgram-ready photos with a sea of blooming flowers.